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+## 0.1.0
+
+Initial development release.
+
+#### Notes
+
+- Based off [tklx/base:0.1.0](https://github.com/tklx/base/releases/tag/0.1.0).
+- MongoDB installed directly from Debian.
+- Uses tini for zombia reaping and signal forwarding.
+- Uses gosu for dropping privileges to mongodb user.
+- Includes ``VOLUME /data/db`` for dbPath persistence.
+- Includes ``EXPOSE 27017`` for container linking.
+- Basic bats testing suite.
+